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[ Someone's just given her first class of the day. The white-board behind Verity is wreathed in high-school physics ("What is a Vector? A quantity that displays both magnitude (numerical size) and direction...") used to teach the kids who are now enjoying a short break in between lessons (and yelling like freight trains outside). Setting down the video so she can wipe the previous writing off, if you know her then you might notice a little effort having been put into her appearance with an actual teacher-y skirt and heels. No joggers! She showered!! Amazing.

Tucking ruffled pink hair behind an ear, she pushes her glasses back up and flashes a smile. Little awkward, but. ]

Hi, my name's Verity Willis.

If you're a student at Xavier's School for Imports, this is a quick PSA that I'll be your new student counsellor from now on — it's been rehiring, obviously, and won't be closing, or so I've been told. Should you need to talk then come and find me, you don't need an appointment! I also teach Physics and Data Programming, so if you want an intro to either of those make sure you attend class over the next few weeks. When you can't find me in the classrooms or labs, come by the offices and one of the other teachers will give my phone a call.

[ About to sign off with a smile, she remembers to flatly add, ] Oh, and if you're going to lie about why you haven't done your homework? Don't. You'll get double just like the brave soul from the Tenth Grade yesterday.


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[selfimage]

Pssst ... [ he's leaning in like they're sharing a secret even though this is a public network, Loki. ] You've forgotten to add the part where you will absolutely and positively know if someone's lying.

Bringing us such gems as "don't ask for a bathroom pass unless you really have to use the toilet," and "you didn't write this essay, did you?"

Ah—consider this a PSA for all you mendacious types.

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Stop warning people! They'll figure it out as it happens.

[ As she cracks down on lying liar mcliefaces like a cop from the 70's with uncanny intuition. ]

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[pushtheboundaries]

It's good to see that the school's in the right kind of hands.

[sry jesse your hands are well-intentioned but yeah]

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Ah, thank you. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, sir, but I hope it turns out alright in the end.

[andgoliath]

A pleasure to meet you, Ms. Willis. Do you mind if I call you Verity?

I'm David Xanatos; I'll be taking over the Director position at Xavier's. Handling financial matters, making sure you get paid-- you know, the boring stuff.

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Not at all — it's great to meet you, David. [ Pft, he earns a laugh. ] It's nice to see the face behind my monthly treat of Pizza Night.

[ You know, technically. Thanks for the salary, bruh she kind of needed it. ]

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[brushoff]

[ because he's a shit. ]

Best of luck being a counsellor, by the way. I was one for the first month or so I was here—it's amazing how hormone-riddled those children are.

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[ eyyy, rotface, she was wondering where you'd gotten to. ]

I'm not — that's not exactly the kind of problem I'm here to deal with.

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[belegurth]

You seem to be a rather strict teacher! I do not envy your students.

[He's teasing, unable to help himself as he gave a laugh.]

I am not familiar with those subjects though, are they important in order to live in this world?

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[verification]

So mean! [ She's very nice, how rude. ] They're not all that important but they can help you get a grasp on things. How about I show you the ropes sometime when you've got an evening free?

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[girlwithout]

Congrats, I guess.

[it's not that she's not happy for Verity, she just misses her roommate. ._.]

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[ BABYGURL ... ]

We can still hang out, Rikki. I promise we'll go to a coffee shop and buy their biggest donuts, yeah?

[selfequipped]

I don't think I ever pictured you as a teacher. Weird.

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Very weird. [ Incredibly so. ] But you know, I thought about it and realized that before I had a real friend, I had nothing. Even though I could do things no one else could, I was deliberately being nobody to escape myself and that's the only person I was ever actually around as a result. I can say that without being self-deprecating because it was fine, I got used to it.

[ She thinks of standing safely in Loki's apartment in Maurtia Falls, guarded and secure, and something resists. Verity doesn't resent being protected, she'd do the same for him too in a heartbeat, it's just — ]

Ever since I came here, I've been unable to avoid the whole imPort thing. I hate it, but it's what I'll always be while we stay, and ... even if I'm outside a fire-fight, I don't think I should hide anymore. I want to help instead of opting for the easy route out. [ Taking a deep breath, she puffs pink hair out of her eyes. ] So I'm internally freaking out over losing my board-marker and having taken a couple of migraine tablets already since breakfast, yeah, but it's okay. It's okay, because even though I have a headache I know I've been there for the kids who needed someone to know they were lying today, just so they could feel like someone could really see them.

No one ever really knew what I was thinking, or saw me. Then I made it so they couldn't.

[ Perched on the edge of a desk in an empty classroom, instead of holed up with a data entry program and complete silence, none of this is easy but it most certainly feels right. Verity offers Kate a hesitant smile (Brave Heart — minus the Mel Gibson face-paint, she'd like to actually live up to that standard when lying to herself isn't an option anymore), yet it's easier to talk with the sight of a friend there. Is she embarrassed to admit any of this? A little, but then again making this thoughtful reply private would be like lying to herself about some of her past issues having existed, and that will never be an option. ]

Annnd I'm fully aware I sound like sitcom material, please purple-arrow-to-the-face me now.

[ Preferably in the head so she gets a nice streak in her hair out of it. ]

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[bassriff]

Oh, hey - you were at fanPort, right? [laaaazy wave. comm id is "Marceline the Vampire Queen", which. well. it's accurate, if not her actual proper name]

Sup? Bust a kid for anything good yet?

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I was, having the time of my life. [ If she wasn't wearing so much girly make-up she'd be rubbing her face right now, yikes. ] And nothing much, just some fibs over homework.

[inmyothertights]

So....no wards, then?

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[ There are so many ways she could take that, but it's telling of the company she keeps that her first thought is to hesitantly check, ] Magical?

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[blondtactician]

Nice to meet you, Ms. Willis. [Armin speaks quietly and politely.]

I'll probably be bothering you quite a bit if we're all still here next year, since I'll need help with college applications. My name is Armin.

Do you mind if I ask what your qualifications are?

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Hi, Armin. No, that's fine, I'll tell you what I told them. [ Ah, sweet kid. ] I've worked on data entry programming for a long time as my job back home, but my speciality is being able to tell what's a lie and what isn't. That means I've exclusively read non-fiction my entire life and a lot of it stuck, with physics being my strongest scientific area to draw on. I'll be your counsellor so it'll be easier for the faculty to know the students are all doing okay, inside and out.

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[hostage]

Nice having you here.

[And not just because Verity is super hot, holy hell.]

And thanks for announcing that so I don't have to.

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[ It's nice to be genuinely wanted at the school, she's finding. ]

You're welcome. Jesse, right? We should meet up this lunchtime or something.

[ Since she'll need the respite of not doing teacher-y things for at least an hour, anyway. ]

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[yatagarasu]

Congrats, Miss Verity! [OH LOOK it's that girl who had to be subjected to your lie detector talents that one time...] What do you think of offering college courses at Xavier, by the way?

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[ Ah!! The girl, yes, she remembers her. Between Edgeworth being grim and this cuter aid at the time, it's easy. ]

Oh, I'm, uh. I'm kind of teaching the younger kids right now, but I was thinking of maybe doing a night class starter for adults.

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[nakatsu]

Hey, if I wanted to join this school, what should I do?

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[verification]

Come along and sign up, you'll probably get an interview date and ... go from there? Sorry I can't be more help, the faculty's kind of resettling.

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[112ounces]

I think I'm going to be a student there, but I won't live in the dorms.

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[verification]

Not for you, huh? [ But he's so tiny, baw. ] Don't you like the idea of living around the other kids all the time, or ... ?

[ Maybe he's just shy? Huh. ]